Lesson71 Afamous clock
When you visit London,one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all overthe world on the B.B.C. If the Houses ofParliamenthad hot been burned down in 1834, the greatclock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Sir BenjaminHall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses ofParliament were being built. It is not only ofimmensesize, but is extremely accurate as well.Officials from GreenwichObservatory have theclock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it isactually striking because microphones are connected to the clocktower. Big Ben has rarelygone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painterwho had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands andslowed it down !
ˈlɛsn71 ə ˈfeɪməs klɒk
wɛn juː ˈvɪzɪt ˈlʌndən
, wʌn ɒv ðə fɜːst θɪŋz juː wɪl siː ɪz bɪg bɛn, ðə ˈfeɪməs klɒk wɪʧ kæn biː hɜːd ɔːl ˈəʊvə ðə wɜːld ɒn ðəbiː.biː.siː. ɪf ðə ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt hæd hɒt biːn bɜːnd daʊn ɪn 1834, ðə greɪt klɒk wʊd ˈnɛvə hæv biːn ɪˈrɛktɪd. bɪg bɛn teɪksɪts neɪm frɒm sɜː ˈbɛnʤəmɪn hɔːl huː wɒz rɪsˈpɒnsəbl fɔː ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɒv ðə klɒk wɛn ðə njuː ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt wɜː ˈbiːɪŋbɪlt. ɪt ɪz nɒt ˈəʊnli ɒv ɪˈmɛns saɪz, bʌt ɪz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈækjʊrɪt æz wɛl. əˈfɪʃəlz frɒm ˈgrɪnɪʤ əbˈzɜːvətri hæv ðə klɒk ʧɛkt twaɪs ədeɪ. ɒn ðə biː.biː.siː. juː kæn hɪə ðə klɒk wɛn ɪt ɪz ˈækʧʊəli ˈstraɪkɪŋ bɪˈkɒz ˈmaɪkrəfəʊnz ɑː kəˈnɛktɪd tuː ðə klɒk ˈtaʊə. bɪg bɛnhæz ˈreəli gɒn rɒŋ. wʌns, haʊˈɛvə, ɪt feɪld tuː gɪv ðə kəˈrɛkt taɪm. ə ˈpeɪntə huː hæd biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈtaʊə hʌŋ ə pɒt ɒv peɪntɒn wʌn ɒv ðə hændz ænd sləʊd ɪt daʊn !
3、发音方法
现在来看看我们应该如何正确的发出/m/这个音。
这个音发音很简音,首先双唇闭拢,舌头自然放平,软颚下垂。
气流从鼻腔泻出,同时振动声带。
注意:/m/是个鼻音、浊辅音,发音时一定是闭拢双唇。发音时会感觉到嘴唇也会一起振动。
4、单词练习
下面列出发/m/音的字母或字母组合的单词,多听发音并练习。
a、英语中发/m/这个音时一定有字母"m",字母及字母组合有m,mm一般都发/m/,例词:
mail /meɪl/ n.邮件
man /mæn/ n.男人
mine /maɪn/ pron.我的
mile /maɪl/ n.英里
magic /'mædʒɪk/ n.巫术
March /mɑːtʃ/ n.三月
common /'kɒmən/ adj.共同的
grammar /'græmə/ n.语法
summer /'sʌmə/ n.夏季
a、当字母组合"mb"出现在单词末尾时,其中的b不发音,只发/m/音,例词:
lamb /læm/ n.羔羊
climb /klaɪm/ vi.爬
bomb /bɒm/ vt.轰炸
mud /mʌd/ n.泥
move /muːv/ vi.移动
swim /swɪm/ vi.游泳
smart /smɑːt/ adj.聪明的
animal /'ænɪməl/ n.动物
sample /'sɑːmpl/ n.样品